In the new trailer for “Eye in the Sky,” Helen Mirren must decide whether to “capture” or “kill” suicide bombers once a top-secret drone operation captures terrorists in Kenya.
Mirren stars as London-based Col. Katherine Powell and Aaron Paul stars as American drone operator Steve Watts, who gets the order to engage when a 9-year-old girl enters the kill zone. An international dispute is triggered over the moral and political implications of modern warfare, and governments all over the world are faced with life-or-death decisions.
The film also stars Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Iain Glen and Phoebe Fox.
It is directed by Gavin Hood with a screenplay by Guy Hibbert. Ged Doherty, Colin Firth and David Lancaster are producers on the Bleecker Street drama.
The thriller will hit select theaters on Mar. 11.